Wärtsilä unveils latest LNG carrier designs

Wärtsilä is ‘Taking Merchant Shipping into the Gas Age’ with its new LNG carrier designs

Wärtsilä is expanding its offering with a new series of LNG carrier ship designs, part of the company's strategic programme of ‘Taking Merchant Shipping into the Gas Age’.

This
latest series comprises four vessel designs, the WSD59 3K, WSD59 6.5K, WSD55
12K, and WSD50 20K, all of which have been developed in close cooperation with
customers to produce vessels that are appropriate for the global LNG
infrastructure and applicable for both ocean going and inland water operations.

“The
entire concept of these designs is to enable the lowest possible fuel
consumption, to allow owners to select the ship design that exactly meets their
needs, and to provide shipyards with the most convenient and cost effective
packages possible," said Riku-Pekka Hägg, vice president, ship design,
Wärtsilä Ship Power.

The
WSD59 3K design, which has a design draft of 4.75m, is said to offer fuel
consumption of 7.5 tonnes per day at a service speed of 14 knots. The fuel
consumption for the WSD55 12K design vessels, with a design draft of 6.2m, is
13.5 tonnes per day at a service speed of 14.5 knots, making it the best in its
class.

The
fuel consumption for vessels based on the WSD50 20K design is also said to be
the best in its class at 18.1 tonnes per day at a service speed of 15 knots,
while the WSD59 6.5K design offers a fuel consumption of 11.0 tonnes per day at
a speed of 13 knots and with a design draft of 5.8m.

Wärtsilä's new designs were developed at the its Ship
Design offices in China and Poland